SIR: The abduction of dozens of girls from a government technical school in Yobe State few days ago appears to confirm that a conspiracy of the people in government at state and federal levels, pretentious religious leaders and military command sympathizers of the doctrine and goals of the jihadist group will prolong sorrow, tears and blood for long. Is it not strange that the abduction of secondary school girls in Chibok, some years ago, is repeated so easily with the… Read more

Since Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku warned of an imminent armed attack on the state, the residents residents have been living in fear. The people of Taraba State are living in fear following a notice that an insurgents attack on the state was imminent. Exacerbating this fear was the unconfirmed report that an arms-filled chopper had on January 20 landed at night in Jibu area of Wukari. Jibu, a rural settlement near River Benue, is believed to be a hub… Read more

IN every police division, you are likely to find the legend : ‘’Police is your friend’’ boldly written and placed conspicuosly at the front desk. It is to tell you that you do not have anything to fear when you see a police officer. Unfortunately, not many officers live up to this credo. Instead of being the people’s friend, the police have become their foe. Nigerians merely tolerate their police because they do not have any other law enforcement agency… Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is taking measures to end Boko Haram insurgency, saying the attacks are like the last kicks of a dying horse. President Buhari, who spoke yesterday at the launching of the Pulaaku Radio in Yola, Adamawa State, said Boko Haram had been massively degraded and its surviving members on the run. The President, represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the war against insurgency had moved to the… Read more

Chibuike Amaechi and Nyesom Wike are two of a kind. They both belong to Ikwere Igbo sub ethnic group of oil-rich Rivers State of Niger Delta. Both suffer from a ‘sense of entitlement’ syndrome, a common affliction among youths of this oil-rich area that remains underdeveloped despite accounting for 80% of the resources freely deployed by a dysfunctional centre to develop other areas. As products of an environment where ‘self-help’, a euphemism for anarchy has unfortunately come to be seen… Read more

To end the tenacity of the Japanese and their kamikaze bombing of United States’ ships in the pacific and their soldiers readiness to commit harakiri rather than surrendering in the face of overwhelming forces, the United States decided on the orders of President Harry Truman to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wiping out hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians and soldiers in 1945 thus ending the Second World War with a bang. With this, the genii got out… Read more

A midnight gun attack on the Hausa community in Asaba, the Delta State capital, has left four persons dead. The Friday night attack by unknown people occurred at Abraka market area of the city. The Nation gathered yesterday that the assailants who were armed with guns and other dangerous weapons stormed the settlement while residents were asleep, and started shooting indiscriminately. Dead were three men and a woman. Several other people were injured. A source who spoke to The Nation… Read more

In many parts of the world, travelling by road at night is an experience many relish. It is usually hassle-free expedition as one could simply recline in his seat and sleep away until one gets to his destination. In Europe, for instance, Eurolines and other coaches and luxury buses traverse the continent with passengers, many of whom prefer to make such trips at night. In South Africa, travelling through the vast land by night with transport companies like Greyhound and… Read more

British Prime Minister Theresa May blamed "evil" Islamist ideology yesterday for an attack by knife-wielding men who mowed down and stabbed revellers in London. Seven people were killed, 48 injured and the police said they had arrested 12 suspects. Saturday night's rampage at the popular nightlife hub around London Bridge, by three men arriving in a van and wearing fake suicide vests, was the third deadly terror attack in Britain in three months and came only days before Thursday’s general… Read more

Terrorists struck again in United Kingdom on Saturday night leaving Six persons dead and forty- eight people hospitalised. The London Ambulance Service in a statement on Sunday according to agency reports confirmed the casualty figures and the injured. “We took 48 patients to five hospitals across London and treated a number of others at the scene for minor injuries,” the LAS stated. According to a statement by Metropolitan police assistant commissioner for specialist operations, Mark Rowley, the attack began late… Read more

In the past couple of weeks, we in the South-west have not been experiencing much of Fulani herdsmen’s terrorism in our part of Nigeria. We hear of it still going on very brutally in parts of the Middle Belt – still more or less regularly taking the lives of many people, destroying villages, and forcibly seizing territory in Benue State, Southern Kaduna and other parts of the Middle Belt. Obviously, we in the South-west would be fools if we allowed… Read more

Nigeria and France will continue to deepen the buoyant diplomatic, economic and military relationships between the two countries. They are also exploring new ways to confront and defeat the ideologies fueling terrorism. This was the highlight of the bilateral meeting between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and French Prime Minister, Mr. Bernard Cazeneuve, in Paris after the Vice President attended and spoke at the just concluded global forum on Anti-Corruption and Integrity hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,… Read more

SIR: For over five years I have been living in Europe, and I have never at any time been as worried as I am right now for humankind. I have never had any reason to be more apprehensive or more disturbed about the future than I am today, at this very moment. This is because the trend of events seems to be whittling away hope for a better and brighter future for humanity. The recent spate of attacks, killings and… Read more